damn you, obtura!!!

okay, i CANNOT master the use of this thing. all my fills have turned out like crap no matter what i try. i've had to retreat/refill at least four out of the five canals i have cleaned, shaped, and loved oh-so-tenderly since i started at the downtown office. so i've put in my official request for a thermafil machine. i will beg, borrow, steal, or prostitute myself for one so i don't have to go thru this next RCT i complete.

i'm at work and cranky because the impression that i sent for a denture i'm repairing got to the lab, but the teeth that fell off DID NOT get to the lab, having been mistakenly chucked into the garbage and they are MIA. and of course, i did not send a counter model, becuase all they had to do was plunk them back on and re-flask. FUCK.